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No. 459,182. Patented Sept. 8, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE XV. ARCHER, OF ROCHESTER, NE iV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE ARCHERMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FOOT-REST FOR CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,182, datedSeptember 8, 1891.

Application tiled March 2l, 1891. Serial No. 385,924. (No model.)

To a-ZZ whom it may concern: form the means of attachment of the remov-Be it known that I, GEORGE XV. ARCHER, of able foot-board or platform 8.This foot-board Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State 8 isprovided on opposite sides with plates 9, of New York, have inventedcertain new and having pins l() and ll arranged to co-operate 5 5 5usefullmprovementsin Foot-Rests forChairs; with the slots G and "7,respectively, in bars 3,

and I do hereby declare the following to be a the manner of itsapplication and removal befull, clear, and exact description of thesame, ing apparent. The pins l0 are entered in reference being had tothe accompanying slots 6 and4 slid back unt-il the pins l1 are indrawings, forming a part of this specification, line with slots 7, whenthey are dropped in, 6c ro and to the figures of reference markedthereon. the board being therefore supported on pins My presentinvention 'has for its objects to l1, while pins l0 prevent the upwardmoveprovide an improved foot-rest for that class of ment of the innerend. This removable footchairs used by barbers, dentists, tbc., whichboard is desirable, particularly, as it enables shall be simple andcheap in construction and me to pack the chair in more compact space 6515 so arranged that the cushion supporting the when shipping, and itwill be obvious that its legs of the occupant when reclining` will beemployment is not confined to aehairin which protected from being soiledby contact with the front depending portion is inclined with his feetwhen the chair is in upright position; relation to a stationary seat 5but it can be as and to this and other ends hereinafter dewell appliedto otherforms of chairs, and the 7o 2o scribed the invention consists incerta-in nov lugs could as well be placed on the chairelties ofconstruction and combinations of frame and the slots on the platforminstead parts, all as will be hereinafter described, and of as shown.The forward ends of the plates the novel features pointed out in theclaims 9 on the foot-board are extended to the front, at the end of thisspecification. and to them are attached the depending ends 7 5 25 In theaccompanying drawings, Figure l of plates or brackets 12, formed with orconrepresents a side view of a barbers chair in nected to a foot-rest orcasting 13, forming a upright position provided with my improveshield,as farther on described. In the presments; Fig. 2, a similar view of afoot rest or ent construction these depending ends 12 of supportelevated; Fig. 3, a sectional view the foot-rest are pivoted to thefoot-board or 8o 3o taken on the line @one of Fig. a; Fig. La front theplates 9 thereof by pins let, so as to perview of the foot rest orsupport. mit the rest to assume two positions, as in Similar figures ofreferenceindicate similar dotted lines, the movement downward beingparts, limited by the lower curved ends and the The base l and body 2 ofthe chair may be movement upward by the body of the arms 85 3 5 of anysuitable construction, the latter being above the pivot; and while thisconstruction in the present embodiment provided with the is desirable toenable the rest to be moved in movable depending front bars 3, pivotedto or out to accommodate occupants of different the chair-body at 4 orelsewhere and arranged heights, it is not essential, as the arms couldto be elevated when the occupant is reclining be rigidly attached. 9o 4oeither by the forward movement of the seat, On the ends of the foot-restare provided which in the present construction actuates theforwardly-extending arms or brackets l5, to depending bars, or byseparate mechanism which are pivoted the brackets l6,secured to underthe control of the operator. These bars the lower side of the leg-restor cushi on 17, 3 may be, and in this construction preferably the upperside of the latter lying normally be- 95 45 are, connected by a boardhaving a'cushion 5 low the edge of the footrest 13 when the platthereon,and their lower ends are bent at an form is in lowest position, as inFigs. l and 3; angle, as shown, and provided with two slots but when thelatter is elevated, as in Fig. 2 or grooves 6 and 7 on their innersides, as in in full and dotted lines, said cushion will be dottedlines, Figs. l and 2, the former extendslightly above the rest and forma support for roo 5o ing backward of its opening and the latter the legsof the occupant, and by this arrangesubstantially vertical, which slotsor grooves ment the occupant of the chair cannot put his feet on thecushion, (usually covered with I plush but when reclining a soft supportwill be provided for his legs, as will be understood. While I prefer topivot the cushion to the 5 foot-rest, it is not essential, aspractically the same effect would be produced if a stationary cushionwere provided in its stead; but the pivoted cushion readily accommodatesitself to the movements of the occupants legs and 1o forms an easysupport.

In order to limit the movements of the legrest cushion on its pivots, Iprovide upon it (and preferably upon the same castings by which it ispivoted to the foot-rest) depending-arms 18, having lugs 19 projectingoutward and adapted to engage ribs on the inner sides of arms 15, as inFig. 3, the lower sde'of the cushion-support being preferably arrangedto engage the rib when the platform zo isdown; and While I preferablyemploy two sets of these arms, lugs, and ribs it is obviousthat onewould be sufficient.

Numerous modifications of the construction of! the various parts of thisfoot and leg rest 2 5y Will readily occur to those skilled in the art;and I- therefore do not desire to be confined to preciselythearrangements shown, asfor instance, the Whole chair might be tiltedinstead of, as in thepresent construction, merely 3o` the frontdepending bars carrying the platform; andthe term reclining-chair usedin the claims therefore isnot to be limited to the form shown, but oneembodying a foot-rest tilted with relation to a horizontal plane.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with the tilting plat- Yfoi-mand a foot rest or shield projecting above the same, of. a leg-restarranged beyond the foot-rest and normally below the top of' andprotected by it, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with achair having the platform and a foot rest orshield projecting from the latter, of the leg-rest pivoted to the outerside of the foot-rest, substantially fas described.

The combination, with a chair having the platform, of a foot rest orshield pivoted to the platform, and the leg-rest mounted on the outerside of the latter, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the platform and foot-rest consistingof theside portions con-V nected by the shield or rest proper and having theoutwardly-projecting arms, of the legrest pivoted on said armsandAlying; normally below the shield-top, substantiallyy as described.

5.` The combination, with the foot-rest hav-V ing the shield or restproper andthe-forward- 1yr-projecting armsyof the leg-rest pivoted on'said arms and adapted toiturn partly under the shield,.and stops forlimiti-ng itsmovements on the pivots, substantially as` described.

6. The combination,v\fith the foot-rest consisting of the side pieces,the shield. or rest proper extending between, and, the projecting arms,of the leg-rest pivoted. on said.l arms and adapted to turn partly underthe shield, hav r'ing the-depending arm and lug co-operating with thefoot-rest, substantially as described.

GEO; IV. ARCHER.

n Witnesses: Y

FRED F. CHURCH, A. A. Davis.

